Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

The body of Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh, India's first martyr in action against terrorists after the Pahalgam massacre, reaches his home in Nadia district of West Bengal. His father told journalists: "My son proved with his life which side we (Muslims) are on in this war." https://t.co/KAuKtsLUUk

Film on the Phule couple, fountainhead of Dalit movement, releases with the punch of its dialogues diluted. It shows Hindutva's design to erase, dilute n distort memories of caste oppression, as reflected in controversies in India and the US, I write https://t.co/9bHnAfsWY0

Indians are predominantly meat eaters, but recent years witnessed increasing culinary cultural conflict, as Hindutva enforces a fanatic vegetarianism on everyone, irrespective of their beliefs, food, and cultural habits. It's all about caste. My latest https://t.co/HhfglGmnvH

Bengal doesn't usually appear on India's caste conflict map. But in Spring of 2025, Chamar/Muchi community members in over 2 dozen villages called out untouchability. Here I describe their fight aganst discrimination in attending Hindu religious events https://t.co/RUhX5sCmpJ

আজকের আনন্দবাজারে সম্পাদকীয় পাতায় বাঙালি জাতীয়তার উদ্ভব ও বিকাশ নিয়ে আমার লেখা। "ভারতের বৈশিষ্ট্য রক্ষা করাই যদি ভারতের জাতীয়তার লক্ষ্য হয়, তবে ভারতের ভিন্ন ভিন্ন প্রদেশের প্রাদেশিক বৈশিষ্ট্যকে কখনওই উপেক্ষা করা যায় না।" https://t.co/myr8SjcKHl https://t.co/cT88Z8A1M8

Bengali Hindu gods coexist with meat and fish. Non veg is inseparable from Bengali Hinduism. Look at these two lovely photos. Can you imagine a meat shop owned by a Bengali Hindu without Maa Kali's photo in it? Or a fish market? For Bengalis, Maa is everywhere. https://t.co/hJlQ9blmfe

The world order that Jean-Luc Godard explored in his 1967 film, La Chinoise, dramatically changed in a decade and further since then. It now awaits unexpected turns. In my latest for @Outlookindia, I describe how global order shifted at regular intervals https://t.co/zdZrRnCpMH https://t.co/U95rOXLJ6Q

In this piece for @boomlive_in, I write how JU students face intense vilification from politicians and a section of the media every time protests break out. https://t.co/VbxsW5rBqH

In my latest for @Outlookindia, published in the current issue, I write about the global rise in religious tourism, which is driven not only by growing religiosity across societies, but also government choices on infrastructure and right wing mobilisation https://t.co/HEETEXjIHO https://t.co/GbmguPdFbJ

In this piece for @TheQuint, I write about Bengal's 'undiagnosed caste cancer' Of 158,773 cases filed in India in 2020-22 under SCST Act, only 321 were from Bengal, home to 2nd largest SC population. Lack of overt casteism, though, doesn't mean its absence https://t.co/sBIEMBrKW3

There's been a lot of talk in Bangladesh about breaking the linguistic-cultural versus religious binary that's kept society polarised for many years. In my latest for @Outlookindia, I examined possibility nd challenges of breaking such a deep-seated binary https://t.co/hpM7sorikz

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Mission Bengal: A Saffron Experiment was published in 2020. Heartening to see it continues to generate interests. Recently, I appeared on a podcast for @NewBooksNetwork to discuss the book and issues related to Hindu nationalism with @stutiiroy To listen: https://t.co/bIJMmgEI8y https://t.co/nyRaQuyoIQ

My latest on Bangladesh February 5, 2025, could have been a day for Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus government to highlight its achievements in 6 months. Instead, it turned out to be a day that exposed how Bangladesh faces the risk of descending into anarchy. https://t.co/L81lKLZgfZ

Since 1964, Hindu nationalists have been trying to claim Harappa as Aryan civilization, caring a hoot about wide differences. Now, Dravidian politician MK Stalin is challenging them. I discuss the ideological battle over Harappa in my latest for Outlook https://t.co/zS56ImPpIj

What a cover!

Manasi Subramaniam @sorcerical

Cover reveal: In September 2025, Mother Mary comes to us all. In this iconic photo by Carlo Buldrini, a young Arundhati Roy blows wisps of smoke into a future she can't yet imagine. She's daring us to look away, but we won't. The perfect cover for a book that refuses to flinch. https://t.co/ayKM7tk4yU